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In the mix of all sports movies, when a movie is made for soccer, the expectations of the audience, is a thousand fold. This is because most of the Soccer Movie goers are soccer (football) fans. Football fans are not so forgiving when it comes to the football scenes. This movie captures the scenes fantastically. It shows real football. The filmmaker knows football. The stars know football. The cameramen know football.

This is independent film-making at its best. It has the main plot which is the struggle of an athlete to achieve his dream. It has side plots which involve his relationships with his father, his new found girlfriend and his grandmother. His interactions with his brother and his teammates are great. But probably the most important event of his life has to do with the lucky break he gets when a former player turned scout sees him play. From there, the dream begins for the star of the movie and the audience as well.

This movie is highly recommended.

This movie is made to catch the attention of the audience and succeeds in doing so. If you like an action movie that makes sense and entertains in the mean time, this is the movie to see.

The acting is great and the director follows the right steps to bring the audience to pay attention. Even though there are cliché scenes that make one or two in the crowd chuckle, it still fulfills what anyone would expect from an X-Men motion picture. The introduction of the well known characters to the X-Men fans, is done in a tasteful fashion.

Undoubtedly an entertaining movie with great CGI and made for audience enjoyment. I highly recommend it.

When the writer and the director of a movie are the same people, you know that what you see on the screen is most probably, exactly what he/she intended.

This movie deals with a cop's son and his family and a Russian organized crime group. I think the director couldn't make up his mind in making this a love story or an action thriller! There are more scenes of passionate make out/sex sessions than any other scene.

It is unfortunate that a studio spends so much money and wastes great acting talents on bad writing and worse directing. This movie had moments that could have brought up the interests of the audience and attract them to what was happening on the screen, but instead, it missed its chances time after time. May be James Gray didn't want to come across as cliché, but it sure would have beaten the heck out of making a boring movie.

This movie is boring and the content does not make sense. There are more naïve criminals and law enforcement officers in this movie than a cartoon. This movie is not recommended.